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Oklahoma Sooners offer Utah State transfer DL Phillip Paea

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The spring period may be over, but as the Oklahoma Sooners prepare for summer workouts and fall camp, they’re still looking to add talent to their defense.

Yesterday, former Michigan and Utah State transfer defenisve lineman Phillip Paea received an offer from Todd Bates and the Oklahoma Sooners. Paea transferred to Utah State after spending four seasons with the Michigan Wolverines where he appeared in just three games.

The former On3 four-star prospect transferred to Utah State and was a starter along the defensive line during the Aggies Mountain West Championship run in 2021. Paea started the first three games of the 2022 season before suffering a season-ending ACL tear.

Paea collected 14 total tackles and two tackles for loss in 2021. In three games in 2022, he had two total tackles and an interception.

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Paea was a coveted prospect in the 2017 signing classes earning offers from Michigan, BYU, Michigan State, Oregon, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Minnesota, Miami, USC, Utah, and Washington State.

Oklahoma’s added a pair of defensive linemen via the transfer portal in Jacob Lacey and Davon Sears. The Sooners are hoping to improve a defensive line that struggled against the run in 2022. If they’re able to add Paea, it gives them another piece to their defensive tackle rotation along with Jordan Kelley, Isaiah Coe, Jonah Laulu, Sears, and Lacey.

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Man Arrested, Accused Of Attempted Armed Robbery At Tulsa Bank Of Oklahoma

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Officers said Xavion Paggett went to the BOK near 71st and Sheridan to cash a check, but he pulled out a gun and demanded money.

Monday, November 18th 2024, 9:57 pm

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A man was arrested on Thursday after police say he pointed a gun at a bank teller and demanded cash.

Officers say Xavion Paggett went to the Bank of Oklahoma near 71st and Sheridan earlier in November to cash a check.

Instead, authorities said he pulled out a gun, pointed it at the clerk and demanded money.

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Investigators say Paggett ran off without the money when another employee showed up.

He’s charged with attempted robbery. His bond was set at $250,000.





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Watch At 7: Oklahoma's Own Originals Special '75 On 6'

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In an Oklahoma’s Own Originals special, watch “75 on 6” at 7 p.m.

Click here to watch it on News On 6 NOW.

It’s a celebration of the role KOTV News On 6 has played in the community since 1949, keeping Oklahomans safe, informed, and entertained.

You’ll see plenty of familiar faces, and perhaps a few you haven’t seen in a long while.

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The special can be seen on News On 6 as well as the News On 6 website, news app, and streaming apps for Roku, Amazon Fire stick and Apple TV.





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Where do the Oklahoma Sooners land in updated ESPN's SP+ rankings?

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Where do the Oklahoma Sooners land in updated ESPN's SP+ rankings?


The Oklahoma Sooners watched the rest of the college football world in action in Week 12, as they were on their second and final bye week of the 2024 regular season.

OU’s record sits at 5-5 and just 1-5 in SEC play, a disappointing mark for a program that is used to winning and winning big. In the third season under head coach Brent Venables, it’s been a rough go of things in Norman in Year 1 in a new league.

But in at least one metric, Oklahoma may not be as bad as their record indicates. ESPN college football writer Bill Connelly released his weekly SP+ rankings (ESPN+)for all 134 teams at the FBS level.

Connelly defines SP+ as a tempo-and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency, intended to be predictive and forward-facing. It is not a résumé ranking, and is simply a measure of the most sustainable and predictable aspects of football.

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While the Sooners are far from sniffing the actual Top 25 and are a long shot to making a bowl game for the first time in 25 years, SP+ has them ranked all the way up at No. 27, sandwiched in between Colorado and Virginia Tech.

One saving grace of OU’s poor season, and the most likely reason for the top-30 ranking, is that they’ve played a very difficult schedule. Tulane is one of the best teams in the Group of Five, and Oklahoma beat them by 15 points. South Carolina is far better than anyone expected, and teams like Tennessee, Texas, Ole Miss, and Missouri have all had their moments in 2024.

Unfortunately, the schedule doesn’t get any easier, as Alabama comes to town on Saturday, and Oklahoma will face LSU on the road a week after that. The Sooners will have to win at least one of those matchups if they want to avoid missing a bowl game for the first time since 1998.

Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Aaron on X @AaronGelvin.





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